Police clearance certificate goes online
UNB
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said Bangladesh has moved one more step towards building digital Bangladesh with the inauguration of the online police clearance certificate service, reports UNB. Service seekers will face no harassment while the process will ensure transparency and accountability, he said while addressing a programme marking the inauguration of the online police clearance certificate service of Bangladesh Police at Rajarbagh Police Lines in the capital.
Chaired by Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque, the function was addressed, among others, by Director General (Admin) of the Prime Ministers Office and Project Director of Access to Information project at the PMO Kabir Anwar and DMP Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia.
From now on, people, including expatriates, who want to go abroad can apply online for police clearance certificates browsing www.pcc.police.gov.bd website. The scan copies of necessary documents and receipt of government fee will have to be submitted online. There is no possibility of making any counterfeit copy of the police clearance certificate as anyone can check authentication of the certificate online.
The online police clearance certificate service experimentally began in Comilla district on November 20 last year and Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) from January 1 this month.
